PSYCH DEBATE

Question 1

FEEDING (FOR)

Answer 1

• NHS state breastfeeding for first 6 months healthier for baby as protects them from diseases
• build bond between mother and baby
• practical and essential for infants survival
• even father limited to a supporting care giving role

Question 2

FREUDS VIEW (FOR)

Answer 2

• mother-infant dyad most important in oral stage of psychosexual stages
• infants need mothers to satisfy libido
• too much or too little leads to emotional problems later on in life
• Freud stated a mother’s love acts as prototype for every relationship

Question 3

DEPRIVATION DAMAGE (FOR)

Answer 3

• bowlby showed that separation can lead to lasting emotional problems
• ‘affection less character’ eg no sense of affection shame or responsibility
• will have difficulty forming relationships
• montropy attachment to one caregiver is important for survival

Question 4

MOTHERS NOT FATHERS (FOR)

Answer 4

• women best equipped as caregivers men not equipped for such an emotionally intense relationship
• can be bio or socio factors eg women’s hormones estrogen makes women more oriented towards emotional relationships

Question 5

FEEDING (AGAINST)

Answer 5

• food does not equal love
• Harry harlows monkeys who spent most of the time with cloth covered mother showing an emotional bond is formed through contact
• Schaffer and Emerson support stingy attached infants had carers who responded to there signals

Question 6

FREUDS VIEW (AGAINST)

Answer 6

• historical context
• roles of mother and father reflect norms and values of that time
• recognises importance of fathers protection and importance of father in a boys development

Question 7

DEPRIVATION DAMAGE (AGAINST)

Answer 7

• bowlby did not mean maternal as in exclusively the mother
• mothering not exclusive to mother
• research also showed that some children with no ill effects from early separation bowlby 1956
• I’ll children separated in hospital for years

Question 8

MOTHERS NOT FATHERS (AGAINST)

Answer 8

• much evidence to show men as capable as women in forming close attachments single Male parent families
• outdated view
• changing stereotypes makes men and women freeier to take on roles
• Getter et al suggests testosterone in a male drops so they can respond more sensitively
• Frodi et al saw no difference in biological responses of males and females to videotapes of infants crying